Issue - decisions

Resolved:  That Cabinet agree to:

(i)           Approve the outline of the draft Business Plan (Annex A) attached to the report, as a basis for further negotiation.

(ii)          Agree to establish a shadow board and governance body.

(iii)        Request the Director of Communities and Neighbourhoods and the Director of Customer and Business Support Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Leisure, Culture and Tourism and Finance and Performance to progress the full governance process to completion.  The commissioning process will be led by the Chief Executives office.

(iv)        The final Business Plan being reported to Cabinet in Spring 2015.

Reason:     To progress the new approach to delivering marketing, culture, tourism and business development in the city to help in achieving the ambitions set by the Council Priority to ‘Create Jobs and Grow the Economy’.